Artist Monograph

Raphael Soyer, American

American, born Russia.1899–1987

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	5	71.4%
Watercolor	1	14.3%
Oil Painting	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	6	85.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	14.3%

Production by Decade

3

1920s

3

1930s

1

1950s

Classification Types

Print — 5
Drawing — 1
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	28.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	71.4%

Range: 22.2 cm → 76.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	4
1954	1
1961	1
1965	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Self-Portrait Print Acc. 1273.1940	c. 1920	Lithograph	composition: 8 3/4 × 6 1/8" (22.2 × 15.5 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 11/16" (30.8 × 24.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Pascin's Model Drawing Acc. 520.1965	1925–27	Watercolor and charcoal on paper	15 1/4 x 11 5/8" (38.8 x 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Susan Print Acc. 1271.1940	1928	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 8 7/8 × 6 3/4" (22.5 × 17.2 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 × 11 5/16" (27 × 28.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Two Girls Print Acc. 1272.1940	1934	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 13 7/16" (27.6 × 34.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 1/8 × 16 5/16" (33.3 × 41.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Waterfront from The American Scene, no. 2 Print Acc. 648.1940.6	1934, published 1936	One from a portfolio of six lithographs	composition: 9 × 13 3/8" (22.8 × 34 cm); sheet: 11 9/16 × 15 7/8" (29.3 × 40.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Mission Print Acc. 454.1954	c. 1935	Lithograph	composition: 12 1/8 × 17 5/8" (30.8 × 44.8 cm); sheet: 14 × 19 3/16" (35.6 × 48.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bertha M. Slattery
Seamstress Painting Acc. 10.1961	1956-60	Oil on canvas	30 x 24 1/8" (76.2 x 61.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Elliott Cohn